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By 6 months, your baby will be starting to run low on the stores of iron they were born with. Iron is especially important to keep blood and brain cells healthy.
Tips For Preparing Meat
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Tips For Preparing Meat
Around 6 months, your baby starts to need the extra vitamins and minerals (especially iron and zinc) that are in solid foods. Iron is especially important for your baby to keep blood and brain cells healthy.
Iron is especially important for your baby to keep blood and brain cells healthy. Lean meat, chicken and fish contain lots of iron. You can add meat to your baby’s food by:
- cooking and puréeing the meat and adding vegetable water, meat juices or water to make it thin if needed, or
- freezing uncooked meat and grating the frozen meat into your baby’s raw vegetables before cooking
This page last reviewed 02 June 2013.
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